Profile Information

UDOSEN NDIFREKE

Senior Lecturer

Basic Information

  • UDOSEN NDIFREKE
  • 08080008017
  • ndifrekeudosen@aksu.edu.ng
  • Senior Lecturer
  • Physics
  • Academic Staff

Profile



JOB TITLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES
  • Senior Lecturer, Department of Physics, Akwa Ibom State University.
  • Conducting research projects within the fields of geophysics, environmental physics and related fields.
  • Supervision of postgraduate and undergraduate seminars and research projects.
  • Delivering lectures to postgraduate and undergraduate students.
  • Active member of designated University committees.
  • Pastoral care of students.
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS
  • BSc, Physics (2003), University of Uyo, Nigeria
  • MSc, Exploration Geophysics (2007), University of Leeds, United Kingdom
  • PhD, Geophysics (2013), University of Reading, United Kingdom
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP
  • Nigerian Institute of Physics
EXPERTISE
  • Inverse modelling
  • Geophysics
  • Environmental Physics
  • Hydrogeology
  • Groundwater studies
  • Waste and contaminant studies
  • Hydrochemistry
CONTACT DETAILS:
Email
: ndifreke.udosen@yahoo.com
Telephone number: +234 808 000 8017
Postal Address: Department of Physics, Akwa Ibom State University, P.M.B 1167, Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria. 
 



Research Area



  • Application of surface geophysical techniques to solve environmental problems such as salt-water intrusion, leachate and waste contamination, and groundwater contamination and vulnerability.
  • Development of forward modelling and reconstruction algorithms for electrical resistivity tomography.
  • Computational optimization techniques for applied geophysical methods

Publications


Udosen, N.I. (2021). Geo-electrical modeling of leachate contamination at a major waste disposal site in south-eastern Nigeria. Journal of Modeling Earth Systems and Environment, https://doi.org/10.1007 /s40808-021-01120-9

Iniemem, J.I, Udosen, N.I., Tijani M.N., Affiah U.E, George, N.J (2020). Time-lapse electrical resistivity investigation of seawater intrusion in coastal aquifer of Ibeno,  Nigeria. Journal of Applied Water Science. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13201-020-01316-x

Udosen, N.I. and Potthast, R.W.E. (2019). A framework for solving meta inverse problems: experimental design and application to an acoustic source problem study. Journal of Modeling Earth Systems and Environment, 5(2), 519–532. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40808-018-0541-y

Udosen, N.I. and George, N.J. (2018). A finite integration forward solver and a domain search reconstruction solver for electrical resistivity tomography (ERT). Journal of Modeling Earth Systems and
Environment, 4(1), 1–12. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40808-018-0412-6

Udosen, N.I. and George, N.J (2018). Characterization of electrical anisotropy in North Yorkshire, England using square arrays and electrical resistivity tomography. Journal of Geomechanics and Geophysics for
Geo-energy and Geo-resources, 4(3), 215–233 https://doi.org/10.1007/s40948-018-0087-5

Udosen, N.I. and Potthast, R.W.E. (2018). Automated optimization of electrode locations for electrical resistivity tomography. Journal of Modeling Earth Systems and Environment: 4(3), 1059–1083.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s40808-018-0472-7

George, N.J., Ekanem, A.M., Ibanga, J.I., Udosen, N.I. (2017). Hydrodynamic implication of Aquifer Quality Index (AQI) and flow zone (F21) in ground water abstraction: a case study of coastal hydrolithofacies in South-eastern Nigeria. Journal of Coastal Conservation, 21(6), 759–776.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11852-017-0535-3